Memory Mirroring And Sparing Technology - Asus DSBF-D Series Manual

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The Intel 5000P chipset supports the memory mirroring and sparing
technology. Refer to the below sections:
M e m o r y M i r r o r i n g : M e m o r y M i r r o r i n g : M e m o r y M i r r o r i n g :
M e m o r y M i r r o r i n g : M e m o r y M i r r o r i n g :
When enabling memory mirroring function in the BIOS setting (please refer
the c h a p t e r 4 . 4 . 2 C h i p s e t C o n f i g u r a t i o n a n d c o n f i g u r e t h e c h a p t e r 4 . 4 . 2 C h i p s e t C o n f i g u r a t i o n a n d c o n f i g u r e t h e c h a p t e r 4 . 4 . 2 C h i p s e t C o n f i g u r a t i o n a n d c o n f i g u r e t h e c h a p t e r 4 . 4 . 2 C h i p s e t C o n f i g u r a t i o n a n d c o n f i g u r e t h e c h a p t e r 4 . 4 . 2 C h i p s e t C o n f i g u r a t i o n a n d c o n f i g u r e t h e
o p t i o n " M e m o r y B r a n c h M o d e " a s M i r r o r ), Branch 1 contains a o p t i o n " M e m o r y B r a n c h M o d e " a s M i r r o r ) o p t i o n " M e m o r y B r a n c h M o d e " a s M i r r o r ) o p t i o n " M e m o r y B r a n c h M o d e " a s M i r r o r ) o p t i o n " M e m o r y B r a n c h M o d e " a s M i r r o r )
replicate copy of the data in Branch 0. The DIMMs must cover the same
slot position on both branches. DIMMs that cover a slot position must be
identical with respect to size, speed, and organization. DIMMs within a slot
position must match each other, but aren't required to match adjacent slot
positions.
A n d t h e t o t a l m e m o r i e s s i z e w i l l b e t h e h a l f o f a l l i n s t a l l e d A n d t h e t o t a l m e m o r i e s s i z e w i l l b e t h e h a l f o f a l l i n s t a l l e d A n d t h e t o t a l m e m o r i e s s i z e w i l l b e t h e h a l f o f a l l i n s t a l l e d A n d t h e t o t a l m e m o r i e s s i z e w i l l b e t h e h a l f o f a l l i n s t a l l e d A n d t h e t o t a l m e m o r i e s s i z e w i l l b e t h e h a l f o f a l l i n s t a l l e d
m e m o r i e s . m e m o r i e s .
m e m o r i e s . m e m o r i e s . m e m o r i e s .
The below two memory configurations were required to operate in mirrored
mode.
1. Configuration 1 (Mirroring): F o u r m e m o r i e s p o p u l a t i o n
M C H M C H
M C H M C H M C H
2 - 1 8 2 - 1 8
2 - 1 8 2 - 1 8 2 - 1 8
F o u r m e m o r i e s p o p u l a t i o n F o u r m e m o r i e s p o p u l a t i o n F o u r m e m o r i e s p o p u l a t i o n
F o u r m e m o r i e s p o p u l a t i o n
B r a n c h 0 B r a n c h 0 B r a n c h 0 B r a n c h 0 B r a n c h 0 B r a n c h 1 B r a n c h 1 B r a n c h 1 B r a n c h 1 B r a n c h 1
( M i r r o r ) ( M i r r o r )
( M i r r o r ) ( M i r r o r ) ( M i r r o r )
C h a p t e r 2 : H a r d w a r e i n f o r m a t i o n C h a p t e r 2 : H a r d w a r e i n f o r m a t i o n
C h a p t e r 2 : H a r d w a r e i n f o r m a t i o n C h a p t e r 2 : H a r d w a r e i n f o r m a t i o n C h a p t e r 2 : H a r d w a r e i n f o r m a t i o n